Matt Rhule: You Need To Win With a Quarterback

Matt Rhule has been hired as the Carolina Panthers head coach to build a long lasting culture and future vision.

However, Matt Rhule will have to resolve one immediate question in Carolina – the future of quarterback Cam Newton.

Cam Newton spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons hampered by a shoulder injury. He only played two games in total in 2019 because of a foot injury. With Newton heading into the final year of his contract, questions abound over whether he will remain in Carolina.

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Matt Rhule wasn’t giving much away during his introductory press conference, save his acknowledgement that the quarterback position is vital.

“I probably haven’t had a chance with regards to really any player to get to talk to Marty [Hurney] and Mr. Tepper in terms of long-term vision, so I would never want to speak out of school or uneducatedly,” Rhule said. 

“What I will say is this: I had a chance to talk to Cam yesterday, and I have the utmost respect for him and what he’s done, and I love the way he talked to me, to be quite honest. He didn’t want to talk about the past. He wanted to talk about the future. But other than that, I would much rather talk to those guys and kind of get a feel for not just Cam but all those players on the roster and really have a good process moving forward for the entire roster.”

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“At the end of the day I know this: I know you need to win with a quarterback,” Rhule said. 

“And I know Cam’s done a lot of winning and so I look forward to working with him but at the same time I’ll talk to our ownership and GM and kind of really establish all the guys in the locker room — him, Kyle Allen and Will Grier as well.”